This master thesis analyzes the historical - geographical elements in literature. These historical - geographical elements are taken from the book "Gregorius, der gute Sünder", which was written by Hartmann von Aue, one of the greatest German epics of the Middle Ages. Some of these elements are Aquitaine, the crusades, the church and the chivalry. These elements are historically and geographically very extensively analyzed. These elements have a great influence on the plot of the work and the analysis of this influence is the main theme of this master thesis. n this master thesis, it is also being dealt with elements which are significant rather from the book's anthropological point of view. These elements are the forest, the castle and the island. Through these elements, the anthropological influence on the main character of the work are mainly analyzed. The historical - geographical elements play a very important role in every literary work, and especially in the literary works that are from an ancient era, such as the Middle Ages. History and geography play a very important role in literary history. Many ideas for literary works came from history and geography and therefore these aspects must also be analyzed. In the work "Gregorius, der gute Sünder " we see how these aspects had a very large impact on Hartmann von Aue.